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Time to dig out some of my DEC XX2247 keys

by aek＠bitsavers.org

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281749697289

9 years, 5 months

Time to dig out some of my DEC XX2247 keys

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: tony duell > The problem comes if the blank is 'restricted'. ... > I would be surprised if the blank for the 11/05/GT40 key was restricted. It's not; IYWR I recently had a bunch of 11/05 keys made for people here, and it just used a standard blank. (In fact, there were several different ones that worked; it's a very short key, and there are different length blanks.) Noel

9 years, 5 months

Time to dig out some of my DEC XX2247 keys

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

think I have a drawer of them somewhere... HP keys as well. Wonder how many 'buyers ' are out there!? ed# In a message dated 7/15/2015 10:50:33 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cclist at sydex.com writes: On 07/15/2015 09:50 PM, jwsmobile wrote: > If you found someone making the keys, then that is at variance with what > is going on in general, as I called several locksmiths and all of them > sing the same tune w/o prompting. The ACE way or the highway. Oh, I'll bet that there's someone in the far East who'd be more than happy to make you a bucketful. Or you can visit the World-Wide-Black-Market: http://www.bumpmylock.com/chicago-ace-tubular-lock-key-blank-137.html And even better, I suspect a locksmith may, for a fee, get you one of these: http://www.hpcworld.com/Print/pocket_cut-up/manual.pdf Or maybe there's a Chinese clone maker who'll sell you one. In these days of electronic key-cards and whatnot, an ordinary key can hardly be considered high tech security. --Chuck

9 years, 5 months

Reproducing old machines with newer technology (Re: PDP-12 at the RICM)

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> On 7/14/2015 7:36 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > On the system 360 CPUs, they did not use flip-flops like we are used > to, today. They used latches ... Since these were discrete transistor > implementations, a real flip-flop was too expensive, but a latch could > be implemented in about 6 transistors, I think. > The 11/45 used TTL ICs, so real FFs were available in that technology, > although they may have used latches as well. This confused me a bit, until I realized that you were using "latch" for what I think of as 'SR flip-flop', and "flip-flop" for 'D and JK flip-flops'. Guess that shows how long ago I did hardware... :-) To be a bit more detailed, on the 360's, were those latches 'simple' SR flops (i.e. un-gated), or were they gated? Noel

9 years, 5 months

Off topic- shipping companies

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

ok and added item there is min size for the min price too... so if you can fit it in the footprint same charge probably as they were sending the palletized stuff as padded. I have had ties I needed some padded and there was still a min. amount of poundage open so I put palletized stuff on with the wrapped but that was because it would have cost the same for the padded without the palletized. rule if you send anything padded van all will be billed as padded van even if was a palate load of paint cans full of dog crap etc etc.... Ed# In a message dated 7/15/2015 7:08:18 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, COURYHOUSE at aol.com writes: probably as they were sending the palletized stuff as padded. I have had ties I needed some padded and there was still a min. amount of poundage open so I put palletized stuff on with the wrapped but that was because it would have cost the same for the padded without the palletized. rule if you send anything padded van all will be billed as padded van even if was a palate load of paint cans full of dog crap etc etc.... Ed# In a message dated 7/15/2015 5:26:09 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, useddec at gmail.com writes: I've used move it (CTS) since the 70s for padded van service and some freight. I need some pallets moved and they quoted me today what I thought was a rather high price. I've seen here and talked with people who talked of other freight forwarders and shipping companies but can't find them now. Any suggestions? I know prices vary with zip codes. Thanks, Paul

9 years, 5 months

Off topic- shipping companies

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

probably as they were sending the palletized stuff as padded. I have had ties I needed some padded and there was still a min. amount of poundage open so I put palletized stuff on with the wrapped but that was because it would have cost the same for the padded without the palletized. rule if you send anything padded van all will be billed as padded van even if was a palate load of paint cans full of dog crap etc etc.... Ed# In a message dated 7/15/2015 5:26:09 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, useddec at gmail.com writes: I've used move it (CTS) since the 70s for padded van service and some freight. I need some pallets moved and they quoted me today what I thought was a rather high price. I've seen here and talked with people who talked of other freight forwarders and shipping companies but can't find them now. Any suggestions? I know prices vary with zip codes. Thanks, Paul

9 years, 5 months

Off topic- shipping companies

by useddec＠gmail.com

I've used move it (CTS) since the 70s for padded van service and some freight. I need some pallets moved and they quoted me today what I thought was a rather high price. I've seen here and talked with people who talked of other freight forwarders and shipping companies but can't find them now. Any suggestions? I know prices vary with zip codes. Thanks, Paul

9 years, 5 months

Big Iron, S-100 & vintage micros for sale

by sellam＠vintagetech.com

I'm continuing to sell off most of my remaining collection. Here's what I have available at the moment: DEC TX78U Data Point Disc Drive Four Phase Systems IV90 Honeywell DPS-6 IBM 3420 x2 IBM 3803 IBM Scalable Power Parallel System 9076 Microdata Royal E Nuclear Data 9900 PDP 11/44 PDP 11/05 Plexus P75 Photos: http://vintagetech.com/sales/Big%20Iron/ Also: Friden 132 Heathkit H11 IMSAI 8080 Kennedy 1600 Polymorphic Systems POLY88 SWTPC 6800 UniCom 141P (yes, Intel 4004 based calculator) Photos and information: http://vintagetech.com/sales/ Also have: LNW Rsearch LNW80 + System Expansion Canon Cat + printer Olivetti Programma 101 (no photos yet but available upon request) I'm adding more to the inventory. If there's something you're looking for then please e-mail me, I might have it available. -- Sellam ibn Abraham VintageTech ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintagetech.com Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. The truth is always simple. * * * NOTICE * * * Due to the insecure nature of the medium over which this message has been transmitted, no statement made in this writing may be considered reliable for any purpose either express or implied. The contents of this message are appropriate for entertainment and/or informational purposes only. The right of the people to be secure in their papers against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated.

9 years, 5 months

Reproducing old machines with newer technology (Re: PDP-12 at the RICM)

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Sean Caron > Many examples of blinkenlights eye candy throughout computer history It wasn't _just_ eye candy; it was a real help in problem debugging (when the machine was stopped), and you could tell a lot about what the machine was doing (when it was running) from the way the lights changed. When the overall machine cost came down, they were too expensive to be worth what they cost, though. Speaking of lights for feedback, anyone remember the 'run bar' - or whatever they called it, my memory fails me - on the display on the Lisp Machines? Actually, it was a series, IIRC - one for the CPU, one for the disk, etc. The machine didn't have LEDs, but it used short lines on the bit-map display instead. IIRC, the idea was copied from the Knight TV's on MIT-AI. (Which I believe were the first-ever bit-mapped displays - anyone know of an earlier one?) Noel

9 years, 5 months

Info on Grid Systems 2260 Convertible Laptop/Tablet

by azd30＠telus.net

Hi, My search for any info on a Grid Systems 2260 Convertible Laptop/Tablet has so far been unsuccessful. I am looking for a user manual / repair manual / ads etc. Any help/pointers would be greatly appreciated. Also, if anyone has a power supply and/or accessories for this that they are willing to part with, please contact me off-list thanks -- alex

9 years, 5 months

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